Ranji Trophy HIGHLIGHTS, Round 3 Day 2 stumps update: Bista 50 keeps Mumbai in hunt vs Kerala; Jagadeesan double ton helps TN dominate Railways

Catch the live scores and updates from Day 3 of the Round 3 matches of the Ranji Trophy 2023/24.

Ranji Trophy HIGHLIGHTS, Round 3 Day 3: TN wins by an innings and 129 runs vs Railways; Haryana, Hyderabad post massive wins

Ranji Trophy Score Today: Catch the highlights, scores and updates from Day 3 of the Round 3 matches of the Ranji Trophy 2023/24.

Andhra 147/1, 188 vs Assam 160

Odisha 126/7, 130 vs J&K 180 

Bengal 381/8 vs Chhattisgarh

Punjab 78/7 vs Tripura (Bad light stopped play)

Gujarat 86/2 vs Chandigarh

Karnataka 251/4 vs Goa 321

Saurashtra 205/3, 206 vs Vidarbha 78 

Maharashtra 66/1, 189 vs Rajasthan 270

Bihar 126/3 vs Uttar Pradesh 

Railways 126/2 vs Tamil Nadu 489 

Arunachal Pradesh 45/1, 265 vs Mizoram 232 

Madhya Pradesh 157/5, 171 vs Delhi 205 

Pondicherry 70/3, 204 vs Uttarakhand 123 

Himachal Pradesh 143/8 vs Baroda 482 

Services 128/2 vs Jharkhand 316 

Mumbai 105/0, 251 vs Kerala 244 

Y.B. Sarangi - Bengal 381/8 in 128 overs at stumps on day two, Abishek Porel scored his maiden hundred (114, 219b, 14*4, 1*6).

Praveen Chandran: The umpires are checking the light and it is stumps. Mumbai openers have added 105 runs for the first wicket. Jay Bista has completed his fifty without any risks. He is batting on 59 while Bhupen Lalwani is batting on 41. The overall lead is 111 for Mumbai. Mumbai 105/0, 251 vs Kerala 244

Sudarshan: Goa strike twice! Padikkal and Mayank both back in the pavilion after their respective centuries. Padikkal is caught at first slip and Mayank at point. With Manish Pandey still not fit to bat, Rohit Kumar, the left-arm spinner, has come out. With just under half an hour left for close, some caution from Padikkal and Mayank would have been prudent. Karnataka - 248/3

Sudarshan: Karnataka clearly have the upper hand, with both Mayank and Padikkal nearing centuries. Scoring rate has dipped a bit though, largely because Goa is bowling short and mostly on the leg-side to limit the scoring. Karnataka - 218/1

Praveen Chanrdran: Mumbai openers Jay Bista (29) and Bhupen Lalwani (16) hammer the advantage by adding 50 runs for the first wicket. Kerala was lackluster on the field and with the ball, gifting easy runs to the batters.

Tamil Nadu start off strong as Warrier picks two early wickets. Openers Shivam and Vivek are back to the dugout with Railways currently at 38/2, trailing by 451 runs

With Siddhesh Veer and Pavan Shah at the crease, Maharashtra starts its second innings, trailing by 81 runs. Rajasthan was bundled out for 270 

Praveen Chandran: Kerala all out for 244. Mohit takes his seventh wicket and receives a round of applause as he leads the players off the field. Dramatic Kerala collapse gives Mumbai a six-run lead.

Mohammad Saif picks the wicket of Warrier as it brings curtains to Tamil Nadu’s innings. Powered by a brilliant unbeaten 245 from Jagadeesan, TN reaches 489

Prasanna: S. Ajith Ram and Sandeep Warrier were the last two wickets to fall on 474 and 489. Ajith Ram was bowled by off-spinner Shivam Chaudhary, and Sandeep Warrier got out lbw to left-arm spinner Mohammad Saif.

Praveen Chandran: Mohit Avasthi nips out Vishnu Vinod just when the fifth wicket stand was looking threatening for Mumbai. Vishnu, who was dropped by Suved Parkar in the slips in Mohit’s previous over, was pinned by an in swinger. The sixth wicket partnership yielded 51 runs.

Sudarshan: Mayank reaches fifty. Unhurried batting but it took just 65 balls, with five fours. Next over Padikkal gets to 50 with a square-driven boundary off Darshan Misal. Crowd applauds, but is soon back to shouting “Prabhu Prabhu”. Reference is Suyash Prabhudessai of RCB! Karnataka 119/1, trails by 202 runs

Tripura has elected to field first agianst Punjab 

Karnataka chugging along nicely. Padikkal doing most of the scoring. Mayank Agarwal is holding one end up. Some crisp drives, steers and pulls from Padikkal. 50 partnership for the two, with Padikkal doing the bulk of the scoring. Karnataka 86/1, trails by 235 runs

Y.B. Sarangi: Bengal 257/5 in 91 overs at the first drinks break of the day. Overnight batters Anustup Majumdar and Abishek Porel added 41 more to form a 120-run fifth wicket stand before the former was caught off Sourabh Majumdar in the second slip after an hour’s play. Porel, who got his half-century, continued with debutant Shubham Chatterjee. Chhattisgarh pacers did well to bowl in good areas and find some assistance off the pitch.

Prasanna: 450 comes up for Tamil Nadu! TN 451/8 in 133.2 overs. Jagadeesan (222 batting, 366b, 22x4, 4x6), S. Ajith Ram (10 batting, 15b, 2x4).

Update: M. Mohammed (20, 41b, 2x4) was the eighth wicket to fall when the score was on 429. He was caught by Mohammad Saif at second slip off Yuvraj Singh.

Praveen Chandran: A 61-run stand between Kerala skipper Sanju Samson and Sachin Baby comes to an end. Shams Mulani gets the big wicket of Sanju who perishes to a catch in the deep. Kerala 170/4. Sanju is dismissed for 38. Sachin Baby batting on 44. Vishnu Vinod is the new batter. Kerala 171/8, trails by 80 runs

Finally, some action at the Victoria Park Stadium in Meerut. Day 1 was washed out without a ball being bowled and the match has now begun. Bihar - 13/0

However, there are two other matches that are yet to begin: 

Punjab vs Tripura 

Chandigarh vs Gujarat 

Pavan Shah is taken off the field after sustaining an injury while fielding at short leg. Shubham’s cut shot went directly onto Pawan’s hip resulting in a stoppage of play. Rajasthan 188/6, trails by 3 runs vs Maharashtra

Praveen Chandran: An eventful over from Mohit just before lunch to Sanju sees Mumbai claiming a bump catch, an edged four through slips, an on driven four and a square cut for four. He quickly moves to 19. Baby unbeaten on 26.

Y.B. Sarangi: Due to bad light, no play was possible in the first session on the second day of the Ranji Trophy match between Bengal and Chhattisgarh. There’s a possibility of the match resuming from Bengal’s overnight first innings score of 206/4 after lunch.

Jagadeesan gets his maiden double ton in Ranji Trophy off 322 balls (21×4, 4×6). Gets to the mark with a boundary to the deep midwicket boundary off leg-spinner Karn Sharma. Tamil nadu 404/7

Praveen Chandran: Dube sends Rohan Kunnammal’s stumps cart wheeling to break the threatening third wicket stand. At the start of the over, Rohan completed his 50 by driving Dube for a boundary. Sanju Samson is the new batter. Kerala 109/3

J&K 130 all out vs Odisha 180 

Assam 112/5 vs Andhra 188 

Meghalaya 304 vs Nagaland 72 

Bengal 206/4 vs Chhattisgarh (Delayed due to bad light) 

Saurashtra 28/1, 206 vs Vidarbha 78 

Jharkhand 294/6 vs Services 

Rajasthan 186/6 vs Maharashtra 189 

Manipur 27/4 vs Haryana 508/3d 

Kerala 134/3 vs Mumbai 251 

Karnataka 27/1 vs Goa 321 

Tamil Nadu 416/7 vs Railways 

Delhi 189/7 vs Madhya Pradesh 171 

Uttarakhand 37/4 vs Pondicherry 204 

Baroda 461/6 vs Himachal Pradesh 

Sikkim 31/3, 79 vs Hyderabad 463/4d 

Mizoram 99/4 vs Arunachal Pradesh 265 

Sudarshan: Venkatesh gets his third. Has Arjun Tendulkar caught behind immediately after the batter got to his half-century with a hard-run double. The fifty may have never come if Rohit Kumar had not missed a chance to run out Arjun’s partner Felix Alemao while he was completing the second run. Goa 321 all out

Palkar provides the breakthough for Maharashtra as Deepak Hooda departs for 63. Rajasthan 166/4, trails by 23 runs 

Prasanna: Jagadeesan has got to his highest Ranji Trophy score now (184, 302b, 19x4, 3x6). Surpasses his previous highest score of 183 scored against Saurashtra at Rajkot in 2020.

N. Sudarshan: Breakthrough for Karnataka! Parab is bowled by Venkatesh while trying to slog. Eventful three-ball period. A well-directed bouncer from Venkatesh was answered with a slapped four past the bowler off the next ball which also gets him to 50. Immediately after, Parab is bowled! Goa - 316/9

N. Sudarshan: Goa having fun. Heramb Parab and Arjun Tendulkar scoring some brisk runs. Parab has driven part-time tweaker Nikin Jose to the boundary twice and has also dished out the same treatment to V. Vyshak. And, to make matters worse for Karnataka, Shubhang Hegde has been suspended for a second high full-toss. Goa 304/8

Prasanna Venkatesan: Sai Kishore gets to his second first-class fifty off 70 balls (3×4, 3x6). It’s his first first-class fifty as captain. Tamil Nadu - 367/6

Following a 313-ball 250 for Himanshu Rana and a 72-ball 59 from Rohit Sharma, Haryana has decided to declare at 508/3 against Manipur

TN 359/6 in 107 overs. Jagadeesan 179 (291b, 19x4, 3x6), R. Sai Kishore 45 (58b, 2x4, 3x6).

Apart from the match between Bengal and Chhattisgarh which is stranded due to bad light, there are three other matches that haven’t seen a ball being bowled yet: 

Uttar Pradesh vs Bihar

Chandigarh vs Gujarat

Punjab vs Tripura 

N. Sudarshan: Arjun Tendulkar and Heramb Parab have successfully negotiated the first hour. And they have looked to score some runs. Arjun hooked a superb six off pacer M. Venkatesh while Parab slog swept Rohit Kumar for a maximum as well. They have put on 50 for the ninth wicket. Goa 274/8

Skipper Unadkat and Chirag Jani get two wickets apiece as Vidarbha continues to struggle against the defending champs. Vidarbha 58/7, trails by 148 runs

Prasanna Venkatesan: As Jagadeesan gets to 171 off 278 balls, he also gets to the 2000 Ranji Trophy runs milestone. Tamil Nadu - 330/6

Praveen Chandran: Kerala openers Rohan Kunnammal (21*) and Krishna Prasad (21) started with a flurry of boundaries to add 46 for the first wicket in seven overs. Mohit induces the edge from Krishna Prasad as Kerala lose the first wicket. Rohan Prem is the new batter and he is playing his 100th first class match. 

Update: Two-wicket over from Mohit Avasthi pushes Kerala back. Rohan Prem is caught behind for a two ball duck. Not the best way to celebrate your 100th FC match! However, Rohan continues to attack as he punches Royston Dias through the covers to bring 50 for Kerala. Kerala 51/2, trails by 200 runs

Half centuries from Hooda and Karan have helped Rajasthan reach 132/2 against Maharashtra

Just as we speak, Palkar provides the breakthrough for Maharashtra. He angles one into the pads of Karan, who is dismissed via LBW for a well-made 53. Rajasthan 132/3, trails by 57

Manipur’s decision to bowl first has provided nothing but trouble as Himanshu Rana’s counter-attacking double century helps Haryana cross 400 for the loss of just three wickets. Haryana - 425/3

Prasanna Venkatesan: Railways’ left-arm spinner Akash Pandey gets S. Mohamed Ali caught at short leg. Mohamed skips down the track and bat-pads (inside edge on to the pad and pops up) it to the fielder. S. Mohamed Ali 5 (35b, 1x4)

Tamil Nadu is currently at 298/6 with Jagadeesan still unbeaten at 163 while captain Sai Kishore comes in at number eight 

Skipper Wadkar and Sarvate are at the crease with Vidarbha reeling at 37/4 against Saurashtra. Four different bowlers, including captain Unadkat, have provided the breakthroughs for the defending champion

Other matches have begun with the exception of the match between Uttarakhand and Podicherry, which has been delayed due to bad light 

There are three other matches that are yet to begin due to the same reason: 

Uttar Pradesh vs Bihar

Chandigarh vs Gujarat 

Punjab vs Tripura 

The following matches have an early start: 

J&K 50/4 vs Odisha 130 

Assam 46/0 vs Andhra 188 

Meghalaya 224/8 vs Nagaland 72 

The indomitable Khadoos spirit of Mumbai cricket and some of its power and grace were on ample display on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy cricket match against Kerala. 

Ranji Trophy 2023-24: Kotian, Lalwani, Dube save Mumbai the blushes against Kerala

The contrasting styles of the gritty Tanush Kotian (56), the powerful Shivam Dube (51) and the graceful Bhupen Lalwani (50) carried Mumbai to a respectable total of 251, at the end of the opening day’s play at the St.Xavier’s College ground here on Friday.

The dependable Anustup Majumdar once again lived up to his reputation by scoring a responsible unbeaten half-century and keeping Bengal on course to put up a good total in its Ranji Trophy Group-B match against Chhattisgarh at the Eden Gardens here on Friday.

Ranji Trophy 2023-24: Anustup keeps Bengal on top against Chhattisgarh after day 1

Anustup Majumdar once again lived up to his reputation by scoring an unbeaten half-century and keeping Bengal on course to put up a good total in its Ranji Trophy Group-B match against Chhattisgarh at the Eden Gardens here on Friday.

Meghalaya 196/7 vs Nagaland 72

Assam 43/0 vs Andhra 188

Bengal 206/4 vs Chhattisgarh

Odisha 130 vs JK 45/4

Vidarbha 26/4 vs Saurashtra 206

Services vs Jharkhand 195/4

Rajasthan 110/2 vs Maharashtra 189

Manipur vs Haryana 391/3

Kerala vs Mumbai 251

UP vs Bihar - NO PLAY ON DAY 1

Karnataka vs Goa 228/8

Punjab vs Tripura - NO PLAY ON DAY 1

Tamil Nadu 286/5 vs Railways

Chandigarh vs Gujarat - NO PLAY ON DAY 1

Madhya Pradesh 171 vs Delhi 86/2

Uttarakhand 1/1 vs Pondicherry 204

Himachal Pradesh vs Baroda 342/4

Hyderabad 381/3 vs Sikkim 79

Arunachal Pradesh 256/6 vs Mizoram

Select matches from the third round of the Ranji Trophy will be telecast on Sports18 and live streamed on JioCinema.